Chapter 231 Birds in the Sky

boom! Boom boom! Boom boom boom boom!

With roars and explosions one after another, the position built by the Portuguese with "hard work" erupted into a burst of brilliant fireworks, followed by exclamations and wails in different dialects, but soon followed by artillery fire. The bombings gradually dissipated. new

Of course, it may not be dissipated. However, the sound of successive explosions of artillery fire completely covered up the wailing of the Portuguese and indigenous people.

"The enemy is coming, the enemy is coming!"

"Pay attention to concealment, pay attention to concealment!"

"Damn, it could be Australasians, how did they get here so fast?"

"Go and inform the commander and the others that the Australasians are coming!"

The Portuguese soldiers who were lucky enough not to be affected by the bombing ran out of the bombing area rolling and crawling.

By the time the Portuguese army successfully reacted and rushed to the vicinity of the position, it was already more than ten minutes later.

At this time, the first round of bombing had already ended, and the explosion of a large number of shells gave the Portuguese position a black eye.

If a careful person searches carefully, he may be able to find some fragments of body parts and some digging tools abandoned in the corner.

"Everyone, enter the position and defend the enemy!" The Portuguese soldiers frantically conveyed the order.

This position under construction is Dili's first and only line of defense.

To be honest, for a small city with a population of more than 20,000 people to be able to build such a large-scale defense line, it had to rely on a large number of indigenous people.

Without these indigenous people, let alone building a line of defense, the city would have been destroyed in the first round of bombing.

The first round of bombing by the 1st Division was very effective. Many temporary positions had collapsed, and the artillery positions that were exposed to the outside and had not yet been repaired were also reduced to nothing in this bombing.

Although there is still a relatively solid trench that can be used as the frontline defensive position. new

But General Silvio Ronny Rodrin said that this was wishful thinking in using this trench to stop the First Division's offensive.

I looked at the time on my watch and found that it was already past eight in the morning.

General Silvio Lonnie Rodlin murmured secretly: "Those guys should be arriving soon, right?"

"Stop the bombing and let the Portuguese enter their positions." General Silvio Ronny Rodrin suddenly ordered.

Although the artillerymen did not understand the purpose of General Silvio Ronny Rodrin's order, they still obeyed and stopped their men's reloading actions.

Seeing this, the Portuguese army finally breathed a sigh of relief. Under the order of its garrison commander, a large number of soldiers rushed into the position.

Of course, the trenches that took the longest to build and were the strongest would be flooded with Portuguese troops.

Some temporarily constructed simple positions and some semi-collapsed defensive positions are guarded by the indigenous troops.

In order to ensure the loyalty of the indigenous army, all low-level officers of the indigenous army were appointed by Portuguese.

In addition, the garrison commander of Portuguese Timor also dispatched a supervisory team to supervise every move of the indigenous troops.

As long as the indigenous troops dare to retreat even a little bit, they will be greeted by the ruthless bullets of the war team.

In this way, a delicate truce maintained between the 1st Division and the Portuguese army.

The Portuguese soldiers waited in fear for the Australasian charge, while the soldiers of the 1st Division hid in the distance under the orders of General Silvio Ronny Rodrin.

On top of the Portuguese position.

At first, the Portuguese were a little frightened. Because the explosions just now were so frequent, it seemed like thousands of artillery were firing at the same time, and the shells were coming like a downpour.

Although the main force of the Portuguese soldiers was not affected by the bombing, the vibrations and sounds caused by the explosion also made the Portuguese soldiers feel the despair and panic caused by the fire suppression. new igh.𝑐𝑜𝑚

This is why even though the bombing of the First Division had stopped for more than ten minutes, the Portuguese soldiers did not dare to counterattack with artillery fire.

Firstly, the Portuguese artillery positions have been destroyed, and secondly, the number of Portuguese garrison artillery is not large in the first place. No matter in terms of quantity or quality, it is impossible to be an opponent of Australasia.

"Soldiers, the Australasians have no more artillery shells! Although the bombing just now was frequent, it also consumed most of the ammunition reserves of the Australasians. Cheer up, as long as you hold the position and wait for our reinforcements to arrive, all of you Everyone will be a hero of the kingdom, and His Majesty the King will personally award you with honors!" Kafe Filho, commander of the Portuguese Timor garrison, quickly gathered the morale of the troops.

After hearing the garrison commander's explanation and the fact that the Australasian shelling had indeed stopped, the Portuguese soldiers breathed a sigh of relief, and the natives began to feel grateful that they could be alive for the time being.

Buzz~buzz~buzz~

The position that fell into a brief silence suddenly heard a buzzing sound, which made the Portuguese soldiers look stunned.

It's winter in the southern hemisphere, and there aren't many mosquitoes on Timor Island, let alone causing such a large-scale buzz.

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So where does this buzz come from? It can't be that all the Portuguese soldiers heard it wrong, right?

"Oh my God, look at the sky, there are some big birds!" A sharp-eyed soldier suddenly noticed something unusual in the sky and screamed.

"Oh, shit! How can there be such a big bird? Is the buzzing sound coming from these guys?"

The Portuguese soldiers had never seen such a strange big bird, and they all looked at it in surprise.

"Okay, be careful of Australasian sneak attacks. This may be a new species we have never seen in this land. We will have plenty of time to study it after the war is over. Listen, boys, the soldier who killed the most enemies, I personally requested merit for him and asked His Majesty to confer a title on him!" Kafe Filho also naturally noticed the abnormality in the sky, but did not take it seriously.

After hearing Kafe Filho's words, many Portuguese soldiers showed excitement and involuntarily grasped the barrels of their guns tightly.

The monarchy of the Kingdom of Portugal has a long history, and the nobility is also one of the most powerful classes in the Kingdom of Portugal.

Everyone has a dream of becoming a noble, and war is one of the ways to become a noble.

After hearing the buzzing sound, General Silvio Lonnie Rodlin smiled, nodded and said: "Artillery, make a little noise for these guys, a surprise attack will get the best results. "

Australasian soldiers naturally heard buzzing and saw strange things in the sky.

However, as well-trained soldiers, they know that the first thing they have to do is carry out military orders.

boom!

The First Division's bombardment sounded again, but this time the frequency was much weaker than the last time, and the shell consumption was only about one-fifth of the previous indiscriminate attack.

The position was bombed again, and the most nervous ones were naturally the Portuguese soldiers.

However, after hearing that the frequency of bombings had been significantly reduced this time, General Kafe Filho smiled confidently and asked the soldiers to convey his words: "The Australasians' artillery reserves are running low. Hold on to this round of bombings." , wait for the enemy to get close and then counterattack with all your strength!"

After waiting for the messenger to convey the order, General Kafei Filho took great care to hide in the stronger trench next to it, which was specially reinforced with cement.

Such hiding spots have been planned when digging trenches. Because of the widespread use of cement structures, they are stronger than ordinary trenches.

Such cement facilities are connected to the trenches, but because the connecting area is a curve with a very large angle, it can very effectively prevent the shock wave to the side after the artillery shell falls into the trench.

Basically, there will be such a cement structure every 100 meters in the trench to provide safe shelter for soldiers who are bombed.

This round of bombing came and went quickly. Except for the indigenous soldiers who were not protected by cement structures, the Portuguese soldiers suffered few casualties.

This also greatly strengthened the Portuguese soldiers' confidence in winning the war. The soldiers in Australasia were not very good. In addition to hiding in the distance and throwing cannonballs, they did not even dare to make a formal charge.

Buzz~

A more obvious buzzing interrupted the Portuguese's conjecture, and many people looked up, their pupils suddenly widening.

What they thought was a big bird in the sky was now dropping black dots one after another.

Those black spots continued to enlarge in the eyes of the Portuguese soldiers, and eventually evolved into the shape of cannonballs.

"It's a cannonball! Dodge! Dodge!" Kafe Filho was the first to discover this situation.

After some black spots gradually fell from the sky, General Kafei Filho curiously used a telescope to see what these black spots were.

The results shocked Kafe Filho. That thing in the sky is not a big bird at all, but one after another bird-like machinery.

And those machines were dropping cannonballs one after another. The landing point directly below the cannonballs was the Portuguese position.

It's a pity that from the time General Kafe Filho discovered this situation and shouted out to the time when the artillery shell hit the ground and exploded, this process only lasted a few seconds.

What can a few seconds do? How many times can you blink your eyes, how many times can you step out your legs?

Except for a few Portuguese soldiers who were relatively close to the concrete structure, the vast majority of the Portuguese soldiers had no chance to escape from their positions into the concrete structure.

Coupled with the fact that everyone was unprepared, there were only a dozen Portuguese soldiers who actually entered the cement structure.

boom! Boom boom!

Australasia dispatched a total of six bombers this time, and all of them were very experienced pilots.

The first round of these six bombers fired a total of thirty-six shells, and they were all larger-caliber bombs with a very wide range of damage.

And the bombings continued one after another. After the six bombers dropped all the bombs they carried, they returned in a swaggering manner.

On the Portuguese position, a scene even more tragic than the previous large-scale bombing was staged.

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